Kingdom Plantae Family Goodeniaceae Scientific name Dampiera dysantha | Order Asterales Genus Dampiera Rank Species | |
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Similar Dampiera purpurea, Dampiera linearis, Dampiera stricta, Dampiera, Chrysocephalum | ||
Dampiera dysantha, the shrubby dampiera, is an undershrub in the family Goodeniaceae. The species grows to 70 cm high The flowers are blue, or occasionally white to lilac and are covered on the outside with grey and rusty hairs. These generally appear between September and October in its native range.
The species was first formally described as a variety of Dampiera rosmarinifolia by English botanist George Bentham in Flora Australiensis in 1868.
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